RM6399 Lot 10 of 10
RM6399 Lot 10: Restructuring and Insolvency
Objective advice on corporate restructuring and insolvency, where suppliers must demonstrate expertise in distressed corporate situations. Part of the £5 billion excluding VAT (£6 billion including VAT) Consultancy and Professional Services framework, which replaces RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4).
Submissions close 3pm on Monday 9 November 2026 (32 days remaining). Clarification questions close 3pm on Thursday 22 October 2026.
Lot 10 at a glance
- Framework
- RM6399 Consultancy and Professional Services
- Buyer
- Government Commercial Agency
- Submissions close
- 3pm on Monday 9 November 2026
- Clarifications close
- 3pm on Thursday 22 October 2026
- Estimated lot value
- £75 million excluding VAT
- Award criteria
- Quality 70%, price 30%
- Call-off cap
- None stated in the notice
- Term
- 24 June 2027 to 23 June 2031 (estimated), four years
- Suppliers
- Maximum 500 across all ten lots
- Portal
- CCS/GCA BravoSolution (Jaggaer)
- Scope cues from the notice
- Corporate restructuring, insolvency advice, corporate finance and venture capital services, financial management consultancy, evaluation consultancy and government support services in distressed situations, including the public sector's exposure to failing suppliers and companies.
How Lot 10 is scored
Award criteria as published on Find a Tender notice 2026/S 000-087183. Confirm the question set and sub-weightings in the ITT on the portal.
Quality 70 percent, price 30 percent. This is the second of only two lots where price is weighted above 10 percent. The notice is explicit that suppliers must demonstrate expertise in distressed corporate situations, so the quality bar is a professional one, with price mattering more than elsewhere because the buyer expects a smaller field of qualified firms.
Who should bid this lot
Licensed insolvency practitioners, restructuring advisory firms, corporate finance boutiques and the restructuring practices of the accountancy firms. Government buys this advice when a supplier, a public corporation or a company it has a stake in is in distress, so public sector contingency experience matters as much as private sector restructuring credentials.
The notice flags every RM6399 lot as particularly suitable for SMEs and VCSEs, and caps the framework at 500 suppliers in total. The general rule is to bid the lots you can evidence rather than the lots you would like to hold. Evaluators score depth of evidence per lot, and firms that bid two or three lots properly consistently outperform those that spread thin across six.
What actually scores
Named restructuring and insolvency engagements with the outcome: jobs protected, creditor recovery, continuity of service to the public body. Licensed practitioners on the named team and their regulatory body. Contingency planning for supplier failure in public contracts, which is a growing area since the 2018 Carillion collapse and the government's subsequent resilience guidance. A rate card that reflects a 30 percent price weighting without undercutting the professional standing the quality score depends on.
The mistake that loses marks on this lot
Bidding without licensed practitioners named. The lot requires demonstrated expertise in distressed corporate situations, and an advisory firm that cannot name regulated insolvency practitioners on its team is unlikely to clear the quality threshold regardless of how it prices.
Lot 10 questions
Who buys restructuring and insolvency advice through RM6399?
Departments and public bodies with exposure to distressed companies: a strategic supplier at risk, a public corporation or arm's length body in difficulty, a company the state has invested in or guaranteed, or a local authority facing a section 114 position. The customer list on the notice covers all of them.
Why is price weighted 30 percent on Lot 10?
The Find a Tender notice gives Lot 10 as quality 70 percent and price 30 percent, against 90 and 10 on Lots 2 to 9. The buyer evidently expects a smaller, qualified field where professional standing is a threshold and commercial terms then separate the bidders.
Is public sector supplier failure contingency planning in scope?
The lot description covers advice in relation to corporate restructuring and insolvency and names distressed corporate situations. Contingency planning for the failure of a public contractor is exactly that advice from the buyer's side, and firms with that experience should evidence it. Confirm the scope in Framework Schedule 1 on the portal.
Lot values, weightings and the timetable were taken from Find a Tender notice 2026/S 000-087183 and last reviewed on 6 October 2026. The ITT on the CCS/GCA BravoSolution (Jaggaer) portal is the only authority on the questions, the word counts and the conditions of participation, so confirm them there before you plan.
Bidding RM6399 Lot 10?
Submissions close 3pm on Monday 9 November 2026. Tell us which lots you are considering and what evidence you hold, and a director will come back the same working day with a straight view on whether the bid is winnable and what it would take.